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Time MagazineJune 11, 2008Dean Logan, acting registrar-recorder and county clerk in Los Angeles County, says it's impossible to know for sure how many couples will show up at his offices next week. Just in case of such an onrush, county offices will be open late and on Saturdays for at least the next two weeks, and maybe longer. [Link]

The Montclair TimesJune 12, 2008“I told my parents that I don’t want them getting a civil union … It feels like paying a parking ticket,” said Adam Pollack, referring to the paperwork involved in the civil union process in the Municipal Building. [Link]

Times-StandardJune 12, 2008If you are on the corral fence, watching this battle, it is time to do the right thing. Talk to your friends and relatives, with the people you work or go to church with. Write letters to the papers. Link]

Stateline.orgJune 11, 2008States vary across the country as to whether they honor marriages with no gay exception, which can cause great harm to couples and their families as they travel and try to protect their legal rights. (Link)

Pink NewsJune 11, 2008Members of Parliament in Norway today approved a bill that will end the exclusion of same-sex couples from marriage by 84 votes to 41. Family Issues minister Anniken Huitfeldt noted, "The new law won't weaken marriage as an institution. Rather, it will strengthen it. Marriage won't be worth less because more can take part in it." (Link)

The News-PressJune 11, 2008The amendment takes away current legal rights of people in relationships which are the "substantial equivalent" of marriage. This would hurt many Southwest Florida senior citizens, who set up their households together so they will not lose their Social Security benefits or other pensions. [Link]

San Jose Mercury NewsJune 11, 2008Gay couples who marry in California in the upcoming months may find that they are not entitled to the same protections as straight couples, including tax breaks and divorce. [Link]

San Francisco ChronicleJune 11, 2008Columnist Mark Morford writes that people under 45 are moving issues such as marriage for gay couples forward, and suggests that all generations should try to be open to new perspectives. [Link]

San Francisco ChronicleJune 11, 2008LGBT advocacy groups released a memo that says that gay couples who marry in Calif. should get support from their local community, but refrain from filing lawsuits which could be harmful for marriage for gay couples. [Link]